The US, which had previously imposed sanctions to prevent the completion of a major new gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, has now signalled its approval for the project.
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In 2015, the Russian energy major Gazprom and five other European firms decided to build Nord Stream 2, pipeline. The 1,200-km pipeline will run from Ust-Luga in Russia to Greifswald in Germany through the Baltic Sea.
It will carry 55 billion cubic metres of gas per year.